Comments on: Health Reform – France III http://abriefhistory.org/?p=403 Mixed political and history blog Thu, 09 Sep 2010 10:33:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Universal Health – Missoulapolis http://abriefhistory.org/?p=403&cpage=1#comment-88313 Universal Health – Missoulapolis Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:49:19 +0000 http://abriefhistory.org/?p=403#comment-88313 [...] Part 3 [...] [...] Part 3 [...]

]]> By: Michael Kennedy http://abriefhistory.org/?p=403&cpage=1#comment-20303 Michael Kennedy Sat, 17 May 2008 13:03:01 +0000 http://abriefhistory.org/?p=403#comment-20303 Many of the advocates for reform are single payer only types with an agenda that does not include insurance companies, which they consider agents of Satan. Canada made a terrible mistake when they banned private practice and balance billing. Many of the best doctors left the country. The first dollar coverage encouraged the "worried well" to fill GPs offices and the emphasis was on primary care. This is a political solution because voters can see their doctor for free for any minor problem. The trouble comes later when people are really sick and there are no resources. You have a Potemkin Village health care system. What you see is what you get. Go deeper and you find- nothing. Many of the advocates for reform are single payer only types with an agenda that does not include insurance companies, which they consider agents of Satan. Canada made a terrible mistake when they banned private practice and balance billing. Many of the best doctors left the country. The first dollar coverage encouraged the “worried well” to fill GPs offices and the emphasis was on primary care. This is a political solution because voters can see their doctor for free for any minor problem. The trouble comes later when people are really sick and there are no resources. You have a Potemkin Village health care system. What you see is what you get. Go deeper and you find- nothing.

]]> By: doombuggy http://abriefhistory.org/?p=403&cpage=1#comment-20099 doombuggy Sat, 17 May 2008 04:41:43 +0000 http://abriefhistory.org/?p=403#comment-20099 Whew! Thanks for absorbing all that information and filling us in. Now I'm surprised we haven't heard more about the French system. Maybe it's a language thing. We hear lots about the Canadian and British. Whew! Thanks for absorbing all that information and filling us in.

Now I’m surprised we haven’t heard more about the French system. Maybe it’s a language thing. We hear lots about the Canadian and British.

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